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In article <4085@creatures.cs.vt.edu> brand@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Brandenburg) writes:
>Thanks to those who responded to my request for info on Comtrade local
>bus machines.  Since the volume of responses was small, I'm posting them
>intact.  The consensus seems to be that the machines sound good, but the
>video card claims are suspicious.  No ringing endorsements or roaring
>flames, and only two actual customers.
>

I bought a Comtrade ISA DX2/66 VL-bus machine about two weeks ago; I am
satisfied with it.  Performance is good, machine feels very comfortable,
etc.  The bus is the VESA standard local bus.  I have their 'Turbo' card,
which is a Cirrus Logic GD5422 model.  It's true that their 'Viper' card
is not the Diamond Viper... but it is also true that they have been using
the name longer than Diamond.  I do recommend you ask what particular 
chipset the card you're interested in is using; for example, my machine
arrived with the Cirrus Logic chipset, while I had been expecting the
Tseng ET-4000... not enough difference to scream about, but unexpected.

The only problem I have had with the machine to date is with the 3.5"
floppy drive, which, although TEAC, is giving lots of errors... the tech
immediately offered to send me a new one when I called; I'll let the net
know if something untoward should occur. 
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